Consumer brands must look online for growth, says TNS chief Dubai, UAE February 22 2012: Many regional markets are experiencing a staggering increase in internet usage, up from 7.8 million to 187 million users in the last decade, according to Steve Hamilton-Clark, CEO of the world’s largest custom market research organisation, TNS MENA. [...]
Prepaid Summit: Middle East 2012 Conference, Expo and Awards Networking Dinner, March 21 2012 Westin Dubai Mina Seyahi Beach Resort & Marina, Dubai www.vrl-financial-news.com More than 200 influencers and decision makers identify revenue and growth models Over 20 prepaid case-studies; experts share blue-print of existing prepaid programs in the ME region Launch of ME [...]
AMSTERDAM – Tuesday, January 31st 2012 [ME NewsWire] Banking Card That Facilitates Easier Payment and with Added Security Features is Also Certified By “Groupement d’Intérêt Economique – Carte Bancaire” (BUSINESS WIRE)– Gemalto (Euronext NL0000400653 GTO), the world leader in digital security, announces it is behind Crédit Agricole’s large-scale deployment of contactless EMV banking cardsin [...]
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Doha- Qatar – Sunday, January 29th 2012 [ME NewsWire] QInvest, Qatar’s leading Investment bank, has acquired 30.5% of Al Nakheel Agriculture and Trading Company W.L.L. and AG Middle East LLC (together the “Group”). Based in Doha, Qatar, the companies specialize in providing landscaping and related maintenance services to governmental, corporate and industrial customers. This acquisition [...]
Full-Year 2011 Net Income of $1.4 Billion, or $0.01 Per Diluted Share CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Thursday, January 26th 2012 [ME NewsWire] Strong Capital Generation With Tier 1 Common Equity Ratio at 9.86 Percent Global Excess Liquidity Sources Remain Strong at $378 Billion, up $42 Billion in 2011 Investment Bank Maintained No. 2 Global Ranking in [...]
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Appointments underscore bank’s commitment to strengthen its merchant banking business and promote greater capital flows between the Middle East and Asia SINGAPORE & MANAMA, Bahrain – Thursday, January 26th 2012 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)– The Islamic Bank of Asia (IB Asia) today announced two key senior appointments to drive the bank’s focus on investment banking [...]
MINNEAPOLIS – Wednesday, January 18th 2012 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)– Syncada from Visa announced today that its global financial supply chain network processed more than $21 billion in payments during 2011, a substantial increase from 2010 and a record in annual payments for the company. “Creating efficiency in the financial supply chain has a direct, [...]
January 14th, 2012 Amman – Gate2Play, the regional company specialized in e-payments and online consultancy, launched the first integrated e-payment system in the region, accepting all types of credit and prepaid cards, bank transfers and other payment transactions made by users online or via their mobile phones. Gate2Play e-payment system offers a complete online payment [...]
December 19, 2011 Al Hilal Bank, a progressive Islamic bank, won as ‘Best Retail Bank (GCC)’ during the 6th edition of the prestigious Islamic Business & Finance Awards held recently in Dubai. This marks the fourth major industry recognition for the bank this year. Al Hilal Bank won the most number of votes under the [...]
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ROAD TOWN, Tortola – Monday, December 19th 2011 [ME NewsWire] (BUSINESS WIRE)–iFOREX, a foreign exchange rates and currency trading provider, recently revealed the infographic of their two-part learning guide for traders new to the foreign exchange market. The new design incorporates simple to follow infographics and text as well as clear examples on how to [...]
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